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they care about christian religion, baptist religion, and they would like to have that inculturated throughout their life. you say the rich get richer but this religion stuff -- >> no, that became the core value. >> it's not libertarianism or religion. >> there's a lot of people worry at night. believe me, they're not sitting there saying, geez, let's have more tax breaks for the wealthy and more loopholes to corporates. >> that's where your party stands. >> we have fought that battle and it's a mistake. we've got to get back to talking to middle income people about how they can reach the american dream. that's why we lost pennsylvania and ohio, wisconsin, michigan. we've got to get back to having people feel like we understand their lives. we're not about just tax breaks for the wealthy. >> do you think -- i like your values here, by the way. i'd like to see your party really compete. democratic party offers pell grants, opportunities for working class kids to go to college, social security for people over 65 so they can avoid being below the poverty line. what has your party put up in that b
they care about christian religion, baptist religion, and they would like to have that inculturated throughout their life. you say the rich get richer but this religion stuff -- >> no, that became the core value. >> it's not libertarianism or religion. >> there's a lot of people worry at night. believe me, they're not sitting there saying, geez, let's have more tax breaks for the wealthy and more loopholes to corporates. >> that's where your party stands. >> we...
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it has nothing to do with religion. those are benefits that come with a marriage that we have all decided to go along with. i think everyone has the right to those benefits, whether they when they choose their part of their i am really in favor of marriage equality and i hope the supreme court has an open heart and mind on this. host: on twitter, here is a tweet from our viewer -- dorothy and ohio, democratic caller. you are last. go ahead. caller: tonsillitis or pneumonia and polio -- polio -- cut it out and you cannot be vaccinated against the. like some people have blue eyes and some have brown eyes and some people are vegetarians and some are not -- the bottom line, they are people. and the constitution says we are all created equal and we have the same rights and i am not with it, but it is wrong to discriminate against people. host: all right, dorothy in ohio. as we leave you this morning, here is how "the washington post" frame did yesterday in the their newspaper. -- frame
it has nothing to do with religion. those are benefits that come with a marriage that we have all decided to go along with. i think everyone has the right to those benefits, whether they when they choose their part of their i am really in favor of marriage equality and i hope the supreme court has an open heart and mind on this. host: on twitter, here is a tweet from our viewer -- dorothy and ohio, democratic caller. you are last. go ahead. caller: tonsillitis or pneumonia and polio -- polio --...
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first of all i want to tell you to relax, because gandhi says god has no religion. don't worry about it. >> hal: that's true. that's like saying beef has no restaurant. >> caller: god has no religion. >> hal: right. >> caller: second thing worrying about anti-semitism it has nothing to do with that it has to do with anti-zionism, which is a very destructive policy. >> hal: especially when it comes from evangelical christians in this country who believe in wiping out those that don't believe this christ -- the michele bachmanns of the world and sarah palins of the world, they are at the far arc of the movement which is get them all back to israel so that jesus can appear, and the ones that don't believe will have their throats sliced. they really do -- >> caller: listen, i'm glad you are bringing it up today, because all main stream media don't talk about that with the truth. if you are lived around the world as i have the picture of what is going on in israel and palestine is nothing like it is portrayed here. it is so one-sided here it's disgraceful. and finally i'
first of all i want to tell you to relax, because gandhi says god has no religion. don't worry about it. >> hal: that's true. that's like saying beef has no restaurant. >> caller: god has no religion. >> hal: right. >> caller: second thing worrying about anti-semitism it has nothing to do with that it has to do with anti-zionism, which is a very destructive policy. >> hal: especially when it comes from evangelical christians in this country who believe in wiping...
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generational shift and that gets more dramatic when you look at younger voters or break the electorate down by religion. for example, white evangelicals form a strong part of the republican party base. they are overwhelmingly opposed. but everybody else who is not a white evangelical christian by 20-plus points support freedom to marry. >> i want to go through some of these numbers that show the shift. some of them are in places we might think independents. but a lot of them are not. so, look, this is abc "washington post" polling. '04, 15% of republicans support gay marriage. now 33%, more than double, i'm not a math major but i think that's right. conservatives, 10% in '04 -- three times as much. and minorities, 28 -- this is remarkable and i think honestly, barack obama deserves a significant amount of credit for being an african-american president of the united states, supporting same-sex marriage. 28% in 2004. 61% now. alex, these changes, they're not just -- it's not democrats getting more in favor of it. here's the fundamental question. what does your party do? this is what we have been talking
generational shift and that gets more dramatic when you look at younger voters or break the electorate down by religion. for example, white evangelicals form a strong part of the republican party base. they are overwhelmingly opposed. but everybody else who is not a white evangelical christian by 20-plus points support freedom to marry. >> i want to go through some of these numbers that show the shift. some of them are in places we might think independents. but a lot of them are not. so,...
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is on this thing, the libertarian view, of course, is that government should have nothing to do with religion in any way. they don't understand why the state would -- be issuing marriage licenses. but, you know, there he is. stuck defending the republican position. and -- but ari, going forward, if the supreme court doesn't help out the republican party this way, how long would it take for there to be some beginning of peeling off of republicans from the party doctrine on this? >> i think it would take several more election cycles to have any kind of shift at the federal level or the rnc platform if we're measuring that way. i think alex is hitting on an important point -- >> sam -- >> did i do that twice? there is a predicate here, which is the court is often used as something that both parties will organize against when they're outraged about positions unchangeable. but at other times we have seen this throughout history, the court becomes a permission structure to make change. the republicans and the democrats both had very poor records on civil rights and over time, particularly with deci
is on this thing, the libertarian view, of course, is that government should have nothing to do with religion in any way. they don't understand why the state would -- be issuing marriage licenses. but, you know, there he is. stuck defending the republican position. and -- but ari, going forward, if the supreme court doesn't help out the republican party this way, how long would it take for there to be some beginning of peeling off of republicans from the party doctrine on this? >> i think...
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great place to be no matter what your religion. >> all of the art alone. you are not taking a picture with a flash but i snap add couple when i was there. you are in paris right now. what about the note dam cathedral? >> i was in note dam yesterday here in paris. it is another one sitting around for 850 years absolutely beautiful place. you walk in you just feel a part of history. from the hunchback of notre dame to modern day. pope francis will be there in a couple days i believe. it's really awesome and right in the middle of paris. >> sounds a little windy there in paris today but i don't feel too bad for you. florence, italy. i was licky enough to be there as well. why should revisit there? >> i am sorry it was a little windy. >> florence italy the cathedral we should visit. >> it is the center of the city. it's the center piece of laurens. you can find it anywhere. it is beautiful tops wonderful place. florence is a great place in general. >> amazing architecture there. >> st. pauls cathedral in london, england that made the list at number 4. >> i use
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do not let others tell you that all religions oppose lgbt equality rights. we reformed jews welcome, support, include and, yes, advocate full rights and equality including the right to marry the ones we love. [cheers and applause] as a californian and rabbi of west hollywood for 25 years now, i had the honor of performing the first wedding in california once the supreme court there found that marriages between same-sex couples was legal. robin tyler and diane olson stood beneath the wedding canopy on the steps of the beverly hills courthouse as i pronounced them married by the power vested in me by the state of california. and -- [cheers and applause] and in 2008 i had the privilege of marrying over 60 couples between july and november. but like the plagues that descended upon the passover story, proposition 8 descended upon california. and since that time i've cried and tire he isly worked to restore -- tirelessly worked to restore marriage equality in my state and across this nation. as every clergy person knows, marriage is a civil right in our country. r
do not let others tell you that all religions oppose lgbt equality rights. we reformed jews welcome, support, include and, yes, advocate full rights and equality including the right to marry the ones we love. [cheers and applause] as a californian and rabbi of west hollywood for 25 years now, i had the honor of performing the first wedding in california once the supreme court there found that marriages between same-sex couples was legal. robin tyler and diane olson stood beneath the wedding...
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five years after barack obama warned that anxious voters are just clinging to their guns and religion, wedge issues are cuts differently. more to the liking of democrats." wow. i've got our "hardball" strategyist here tonight to argue this. former rnc chair, michael steele, an msnbc political analyst. steve elendorf, a strategist who worked for dick gephardt, john kerry and hillary clinton. none of them actually won in the end. i'm just kidding. you're a very well respected consultant here and leader. let me ask you this. how do you think these issues, democrats are going to use these issues? can they bash a republican being against same-sex? >> it's young people, 81%, young evangelicals are for gay marriage, catholics are for gay marriage. >> conservatives. >> young conservatives are for gay marriage. it's moving and in the right districts in a lot of places it's going to be a big problem. >> how's your party react to that at the convention? do you fudge the issue? i can't see a candidate saying, and we're not going to have any of this damn same-sex marriage either. >> that would mak
five years after barack obama warned that anxious voters are just clinging to their guns and religion, wedge issues are cuts differently. more to the liking of democrats." wow. i've got our "hardball" strategyist here tonight to argue this. former rnc chair, michael steele, an msnbc political analyst. steve elendorf, a strategist who worked for dick gephardt, john kerry and hillary clinton. none of them actually won in the end. i'm just kidding. you're a very well respected...
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cells in your neighborhood all want to keep us safe to feature isn't the only liberal the christian religion is. your beliefs about it but. you know for you to distract us from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven industry that sells a sensationalistic garbage he calls it breaking news i'm happy martin and we're going to break this that it's. looking good every day doc in the field that we won't find it here if you're looking for relevant stories unique perspective from tom my skin's starts now. in the best of the rest of the news should lawmakers be required to display the names of their donors on their bodies like nascar drivers do i support of this idea for years now is the sole focus of chapter six of my book rebooting the american dream eleven ways to rebuild our country in fact the title the chapter is make members of congress where nascar patches and now one petition are on the white house's message board has posted a new online petition calling for exactly that and he has good reason to the two thousand and twelve presidential election was the most expensive
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he is a socialist, a muslim, elitist, waging a war against religion. you get the idea. this weekend the demonization of president obama took a very literal turn. twitter erupted during last night's episode of the history channel's hugely popular miniseries the bible when some viewers pointed out resemblance between the actor playing satan and president obama. viewers like glenn beck. beck tweeted anyone else think the devil in "the bible" sunday on history channel looks exactly like that guy? by this morning, obama satan was trending on twitter. history channel released a statement saying it's unfortunate anyone made this false connection. conspiracy sites have delusional posts comparing the president to the devil. the devil is a man who fought to >>> now for the big finish. tomorrow marks ten years since the u.s. invaded iraq in one of president bush's advisers is trying to explain the war he helped sell to the american people. paul wolfowits was the first person to influence president bush to overthrow saddam hussein after 9/11. he says the most consequential failure
he is a socialist, a muslim, elitist, waging a war against religion. you get the idea. this weekend the demonization of president obama took a very literal turn. twitter erupted during last night's episode of the history channel's hugely popular miniseries the bible when some viewers pointed out resemblance between the actor playing satan and president obama. viewers like glenn beck. beck tweeted anyone else think the devil in "the bible" sunday on history channel looks exactly like...
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there are wonderful activities going on by all of the world's major religions right now including the evangelical churches to say this is a moral and religious issue, okay. from our worldview, from our standpoint, this is crucial both because we were commanded by god in genesis to till and tend the garden, to care for his creation which when he created he kept telling us, "it is good." okay, it is our responsibility they would say to take care of his creation, and that the kinds of things that we are currently doing to the planet are essentially violating that promise. but moreover, we're also seeing the theme of social justice, that we've been commanded, they would say, to take care of the least of these -- the poor, the sick, the powerless both in our own country and around the world. and many churches, in fact, have invested enormous resources, i mean, sending their young people abroad to do great works to try to help people who desperately need that help. their argument would be how can we in good conscience ignore a problem that's just going to push millions of more people around
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but any religion system lives outside of the secular world anyway. but that also doesn't mean that the rest of us if we have decided that an old system of thinking that did not allow, for example, women to work or vote which is absolutely the structure of -- of older judao christian thinking from the catholic church to the episcopal church sarah silverman's sister who is a are buy just got arrested for prayingal the whaling wall because women are not allowed to pray at the whaling wall. now in the united states we would not believe in such a thing. >> caller: yes. >> hal: so they don't believe that women are not allowed to leave the home without a chaperon chaperon, but the rest of society should not be responsible for enforcing your belief system. >> now if you believed that [ inaudible ] you could be in serious trouble with muslims worldwide. >> hal: how do you mean? >> caller: you can't discard marriage in a christian way -- >> hal: i'm not. that's what i'm saying you have every right in your belief system to get married and maintain marriage in y
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. >> we don't believe everything should be put up to a sproept freedom to speech, freedom of religion, freedom to smaer not something we take votes on. it belongs to all of us under the constitution and that is why we have court. >> freedom to marry belongs to everyone, but what marriage is, you're talking about redefining marriage. >> marriage is not defined by who's denied it. >> this isn't "cross fire." i want to end with you. go ahead. >> an odd way to think about constitutional law to sap that the court should refrain from deciding whether something is constitutional or not, even if it would be advantageous for the nation as a whole to have the conversation continue in politics. the court is a passive body. it doesn't get to decide whether to take a case, also doesn't get to decide once a case is befores it, granted review to punt on that case simply because the politician conversation vo continue. something is either constitutional or it's not. >> and they are constitution. >> it's difficult to predict what the high court lieutenant do -- will do in a case like this, based on ob
. >> we don't believe everything should be put up to a sproept freedom to speech, freedom of religion, freedom to smaer not something we take votes on. it belongs to all of us under the constitution and that is why we have court. >> freedom to marry belongs to everyone, but what marriage is, you're talking about redefining marriage. >> marriage is not defined by who's denied it. >> this isn't "cross fire." i want to end with you. go ahead. >> an odd way...
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school has to show neutrality toward the religion. and by the way, that was just -- i'll quote justice o'conner if you want a supreme court quote that you must show neutrality. so within reason, within the school, the picture can be posted. there is a fair grounds here. >> ainsley: tamara, i'll give you the last word. this picture has been up 70 years. is it really harming anyone? >> no, i do not think it's harming anybody. but at the end of the day whether you want to quote the supreme court or not, there is an entanglement here where the school is basically putting a seal of approval on a piece of art and that is a violation of the establishment -- i didn't make the rules up. >> ainsley: thanks so much. i appreciate both of you coming in this morning. a scary lesson coming to schools. graphic stories of war and bombings for third graders. is that appropriate? why these books were just approved. plus, the sumo wrestlers, they're out. chess is out why we're playing a life size game. >> brian: make a move! lobster , like lobster lover'
school has to show neutrality toward the religion. and by the way, that was just -- i'll quote justice o'conner if you want a supreme court quote that you must show neutrality. so within reason, within the school, the picture can be posted. there is a fair grounds here. >> ainsley: tamara, i'll give you the last word. this picture has been up 70 years. is it really harming anyone? >> no, i do not think it's harming anybody. but at the end of the day whether you want to quote the...
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i'm quite sure, absolutely, because no one could have changed my life more than jesus christ-- not a religion, not a denomination, not a philosophy, but a person. and this book that he wrote, he only wrote one-- i have to do nine and keep at it until i get it right-- but has been embraced by millions through the ages and people of different racial, ethnic, genders, philosophies, and political parties. he is the only person who ever claimed to be god, and to prove it by rising from the dead and to have changed the lives of billions of people throughout the history of the world. it is a book that is self- authenticating. you read it, you understand it to be true. most people, though, haven't read it. they think "god helps those who help themselves" is in the bible, and "separation of church and state" is in the constitution. neither is true. >> let me ask you again, though, how sure are you that this is absolute? i mean, they're words on paper. >> i'm so sure, i'd stake my life on it. you can't make a better investment than that. >> you've got a quote in here about liberals, and i can't-- i'll
i'm quite sure, absolutely, because no one could have changed my life more than jesus christ-- not a religion, not a denomination, not a philosophy, but a person. and this book that he wrote, he only wrote one-- i have to do nine and keep at it until i get it right-- but has been embraced by millions through the ages and people of different racial, ethnic, genders, philosophies, and political parties. he is the only person who ever claimed to be god, and to prove it by rising from the dead and...
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he's waging a war against religion. but this weekend it took a turn. twitter erupted during the history channel's hugely popular miniseries, the bible, when someone pointed out a resemblance between the actor playing devil and president obama. he tweeted, anyone else think the devil in the bible sunday on the history channel looks exactly like that guy. >> the history channel released a statement calling it unfortunate that anyone made this connection. but that hasn't stopped right wing conspiracy sites from turning out. let me get this straight. the devil is a man who fought to reform healthcare to people with preexisting conditions can't be denied coverage. a man who's set to end a decade of war, a man who's fighting to raise minimum wage, a man who puts the middle class interests ahead of the interests of the upper class. sounds like people need to brush up on the good book. tonight in our survey, 95% say yes, 5% say no. a decade after the iraq war, dick cheney says he's do it all over again. [ male announcer ] have you heard? herbal essences smooth
he's waging a war against religion. but this weekend it took a turn. twitter erupted during the history channel's hugely popular miniseries, the bible, when someone pointed out a resemblance between the actor playing devil and president obama. he tweeted, anyone else think the devil in the bible sunday on the history channel looks exactly like that guy. >> the history channel released a statement calling it unfortunate that anyone made this connection. but that hasn't stopped right wing...
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it's a part of the three great religions -- judaism, christianity, and islam -- that trace their origins to abraham, and see jerusalem as sacred. and it's a story that's inspired communities across the globe, including me and my fellow americans. in the united states -- a nation made up of people who crossed oceans to start anew -- we're naturally drawn to the idea of finding freedom in our land. to african americans, the story of the exodus was perhaps the central story, the most powerful image about emerging from the grip of bondage to reach for liberty and human dignity -- a tale that was carried from slavery through the civil rights movement into today. for generations, this promise helped people weather poverty and persecution, while holding on to the hope that a better day was on the horizon. for me, personally, growing up in far-flung parts of the world and without firm roots, the story spoke to a yearning within every human being for a home. [applause] of course, even as we draw strength from the story of god's will and his gift of freedom expressed on passover, we also know that
it's a part of the three great religions -- judaism, christianity, and islam -- that trace their origins to abraham, and see jerusalem as sacred. and it's a story that's inspired communities across the globe, including me and my fellow americans. in the united states -- a nation made up of people who crossed oceans to start anew -- we're naturally drawn to the idea of finding freedom in our land. to african americans, the story of the exodus was perhaps the central story, the most powerful...
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we have gone from an agrarian society to being the society of multiple ethnicities, multiple religions, waves of new immigration, the railroads, the telegraph. thehat was happening to north-south unity? >> north-south the 90 was always a difficult one. the founding fathers was -- never settled that question. wethe time we get to 1820, have an economic crisis. we have the missouri crisis. it precipitates a quick fix, we will put in one free state and will put in one slave state. by the time we're getting into early '30's,s and the specter of slavery is raising its head again. >> the next question comes from virginia. >> i was calling because i may have missed -- i wanted to get in earlier. virginia.ia county, we have in our court house of portrait of rachael because she was born here supposedly in 7016 -- 1767. which was the year we broke off an organizer county. her father was a survey year. supposedly left her when she was 12. the gossip was that he had to leave town because they were interested in some of his surveys. anyway, we do have the site left from theks frame house. >> thank
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it may cost the workplace or insurance companies or is it about religion? about core believes in that respect that is at the center piece of this argument. >> some argue that. some say this is a religious issue. as far as the federal courts have been concerned, they have looked strictly at the equal protection clause and looked at government action and whether or not it restricts personal freedom. that's the issue. there are friends of the court for religious organizations saying uphold the law, uphold the law. indeed there will be supporters of that. but at the end of the day, the court has to resolve whether or not personal freedoms are aff t affected by restricting 1,000 federal programs and laws that will be affected with the outcome if it's held unconstitutional. >> let's move on to proposition eight. it was passed by california voters in 2008 and amended the state constitution and took away marriage rights of same-sex couple s. now two couples are challenging that. how will this be argued that marriage of same-sex couples in a state that legalized it
it may cost the workplace or insurance companies or is it about religion? about core believes in that respect that is at the center piece of this argument. >> some argue that. some say this is a religious issue. as far as the federal courts have been concerned, they have looked strictly at the equal protection clause and looked at government action and whether or not it restricts personal freedom. that's the issue. there are friends of the court for religious organizations saying uphold...
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they cling to guns or religion." the arrogance of their superiority reminds us that they do not give us rights. we grant them power. they do not make us free. we are free already. as long as we have the second amendment, we always will be. we are america, and our politicians are only as powerful as we, the people, allow them to be. host: the nra ad -- philip rucker, how effective is the nra message right now? guest: a message like that is effective with the base of the nra and many americans that live in some of these dates -- it's dates -- states. you play and add like that in west virginia, north carolina, north dakota, and it resonates. elitea message about the in washington and san francisco, which is a reference to nancy pelosi, the democratic leaders in the house, and it is really trying to create these cultural divisions between decision-makers in washington and people back home who have guns and use them for sport. host: "political" tells us that nra fundraising is that the best in a decade. guest: the nra al
they cling to guns or religion." the arrogance of their superiority reminds us that they do not give us rights. we grant them power. they do not make us free. we are free already. as long as we have the second amendment, we always will be. we are america, and our politicians are only as powerful as we, the people, allow them to be. host: the nra ad -- philip rucker, how effective is the nra message right now? guest: a message like that is effective with the base of the nra and many...
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you have the evangelical republican, religion comes from church, basic moral beliefs. according in this poll, they're the same people. better than that, the business conservatives buy into the cultural issues. cultural driven people buy into the business issues. it's heterogeneous. >> it's heterogeneous internally but they turned inward. a generation ago the republican party reached outward and reached to people who had been democrats. they expanded demographically because they got a lot of catholics, got northern catholics in the party who hadn't been there before and got southerners who had been democrats and who were economically diverse. there were a lot of working class and middle class democrats who came over to the republican party. so they were expanding a generation ago by reaching out. what's happened now, because of ideology, because of the focus on ideology, these two groups look for ideological overlaps and that's all they talk about. that's all they talk about. in common areas they can agree, whether it's abortion or guns or lower taxes. they're talking t
you have the evangelical republican, religion comes from church, basic moral beliefs. according in this poll, they're the same people. better than that, the business conservatives buy into the cultural issues. cultural driven people buy into the business issues. it's heterogeneous. >> it's heterogeneous internally but they turned inward. a generation ago the republican party reached outward and reached to people who had been democrats. they expanded demographically because they got a lot...
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we have gone from an agrarian society to being the society of multiple ethnicities, multiple religions, waves of new immigration, the railroads, the telegraph. >> what was happening to the north-south unity? >> north-south unity was always a difficult one. the founding fathers never settled that question. by the time we get to 1820, we have an economic crisis. we have the missouri crisis. it precipitates a quick fix, we will put in one free state and will put in one slave state. by the time we're getting into the later 20's and early 30's, the specter of slavery is raising its head again. >> the next question comes from virginia. >> i was calling because i may have missed -- i wanted to get in earlier. pennsylvania county, virginia. we have in our court house of portrait of rachel because she was born here supposedly in 1767. which was the year we broke off and organized our county. her father was a surveyer. supposedly left here when she was 12. the gossip was that he had to leave town because they were interested in some of his surveys. anyway, we do have the site marked and rocks le
we have gone from an agrarian society to being the society of multiple ethnicities, multiple religions, waves of new immigration, the railroads, the telegraph. >> what was happening to the north-south unity? >> north-south unity was always a difficult one. the founding fathers never settled that question. by the time we get to 1820, we have an economic crisis. we have the missouri crisis. it precipitates a quick fix, we will put in one free state and will put in one slave state. by...
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finally, to your point, joy, about religion and you know, religious traditions, it will be interesting to see how the catholic church handles this in the coming years. i heard a little more wiggle room than perhaps you heard. i heard him saying this is not -- eight years ago, you would have heard republicans making demeaning, dismissive, derisive -- >> the tone of it was i'm trapped here, i'm an old guy, who believes what i believe. i'm kind of trapped here. >> he might resemble your remark, jacob, more than you think. he might be there with his conscience more than you think. >> were you for gay marriage when you ran for senate? >> i've had like many americans have had an evolution on this over the past six years, living here in new york, my wife has help immediate understand this i differently. it didn't really bother me who got married. but where i came from, my pastor told me and my church told me there was one way. and the older i got and the smarter i got and the more mature i got and i married a smart woman. >> uh-huh. >> all right, james i want to ask you since we're talking ab
finally, to your point, joy, about religion and you know, religious traditions, it will be interesting to see how the catholic church handles this in the coming years. i heard a little more wiggle room than perhaps you heard. i heard him saying this is not -- eight years ago, you would have heard republicans making demeaning, dismissive, derisive -- >> the tone of it was i'm trapped here, i'm an old guy, who believes what i believe. i'm kind of trapped here. >> he might resemble...
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we debate the meaning of freedom of religion and the establishment of religion. we debate the meaning of freedom of speech. we debate what equality means and how it translates to equality on issues of race, gender, and sexuality. we debate the role of different branches of government, the role of the president as the commander in chief, and as the head of the executive branch. and the roles of congress and .he roles of the courts as much as they are contentious and changing in the general rinas of american life, they must in turn be translated and interpreted and applied to our armed forces. while it is sometimes true the political decision, the social policy decision, the legal and constitutional decision that emerges in a civilian arena, is transferred in exactly the same manner to our military. there are times when it is not. there are times when the particular necessities of national security or the particular intensity of the organization and values and mission of the military require some just -- adjustment. exactlyot be adopted in the same way in the conte
we debate the meaning of freedom of religion and the establishment of religion. we debate the meaning of freedom of speech. we debate what equality means and how it translates to equality on issues of race, gender, and sexuality. we debate the role of different branches of government, the role of the president as the commander in chief, and as the head of the executive branch. and the roles of congress and .he roles of the courts as much as they are contentious and changing in the general rinas...
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the governance agreement signed on christmas eve with the facilitation of an ad hoc religious group, religions for peace. that pact would sidestep a catch 22 # situation, where the absence of a third of the senators stylemied the legislators from naming their coup sill. instead, there was an agreement for a transtore yal electoral college reached in the agreement. the problem is, now three months passed issue and the agreement has not been implemented. this past week saw the first sign of movement. the legislature sent three new names to be appointed. they have to name members and name his open executive branch members, and they all have to be sworn in. at the moment, that has not occurred. they have to be credible and acceptedded to the broad spectrum of haiti's political class and haiti's population. the secretary general in the reports of the security coup sill just a few weeks ago concluded in the report the original members named by the president last july to what was going to be a permanent electoral council were widely considered illegitimate. that cannot be repeated. haiti still has no
the governance agreement signed on christmas eve with the facilitation of an ad hoc religious group, religions for peace. that pact would sidestep a catch 22 # situation, where the absence of a third of the senators stylemied the legislators from naming their coup sill. instead, there was an agreement for a transtore yal electoral college reached in the agreement. the problem is, now three months passed issue and the agreement has not been implemented. this past week saw the first sign of...
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. >> yeah, basketball to university of kentucky fans is a religion. they expect to be in the tournament every single year. >> bill: and i would argue that they should be in this year because they won last year. >> okay. all right. because they won last year. okay. fine. never mind the fact that they went out in the first round of the nit. >> bill: who were -- >> some guy named robert morris. >> bill: okay. chester is not happy and he claims that on -- >> and i think it's a disgrace and a joke that the ncaa didn't put us in the tournament if you ask me it's a bunch of liberal socialism -- [ laughter ] >> and your party's partially responsible for it. >> your party? he's blaming me? >> bill: liberal socialism, man. blame it on bernie sanders. >> yeah, right. >> bill: all right. hey great lineup for you today, as always reporters from "the daily beast" and "politico," is going to be here in studio to talk about the president's trip to the middle east and speak with judy chu from southern california, but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court pres
. >> yeah, basketball to university of kentucky fans is a religion. they expect to be in the tournament every single year. >> bill: and i would argue that they should be in this year because they won last year. >> okay. all right. because they won last year. okay. fine. never mind the fact that they went out in the first round of the nit. >> bill: who were -- >> some guy named robert morris. >> bill: okay. chester is not happy and he claims that on --...
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and in nations and among people where democracy doesn't exist in their religion or in their experience, it is an extremely difficult thing to do. jon: marvin, i understand you can hear me now. >> i'm back. jon: good. >> i just answered his question. >> thank you very much. [laughter] jon: i have one for you, marvin, you you were saying the press should have been more skeptical. you had the director of the cia saying weapons of mass destruction a slam dunk in iraq, you had saddam apparently telling his own generals that he had weapons of mass destruction. you had colin powell going before the u.n. general assembly and saying, look, they've got all the parts and pieces they need to build weapons of mass destruction. how much more skeptical was the press supposed to be? >> well, you are setting up the bush administration's case for war in iraq. and the united states went to war in iraq. congress supported the president's policy on going to war, and the media supported it what this all adds up to, however, since it didn't work out that way, was that somebody got it drastically wrong. ameri
and in nations and among people where democracy doesn't exist in their religion or in their experience, it is an extremely difficult thing to do. jon: marvin, i understand you can hear me now. >> i'm back. jon: good. >> i just answered his question. >> thank you very much. [laughter] jon: i have one for you, marvin, you you were saying the press should have been more skeptical. you had the director of the cia saying weapons of mass destruction a slam dunk in iraq, you had...
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i believe religion should be like going to the avengers, who cares what it's about? as long as it looks cool and i can eat popcorn. >>> coming up next, look at this -- it's like clinton at the convention. walter isaacson joins the table. >> always that. >> along with msnbc's -- i'm going to drag this see where they go, where they end up. make a left and another left. >> come on, keep coming. >> that's mark haleprin too. keep it on "morning joe." [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require r
i believe religion should be like going to the avengers, who cares what it's about? as long as it looks cool and i can eat popcorn. >>> coming up next, look at this -- it's like clinton at the convention. walter isaacson joins the table. >> always that. >> along with msnbc's -- i'm going to drag this see where they go, where they end up. make a left and another left. >> come on, keep coming. >> that's mark haleprin too. keep it on "morning joe." [ male...
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when you hear people talk about this debate and they talk about religion and the debate of same-sex marriage, a lot of people knee-jerk reaction is the bible condemns this. the bible condemns this. what do you say to that? >> if you look for scripture, you are not going to find anything about gay marriage. you're going to see scattered passages about homosexuality and we're not arguing that. but because scripture is silent on long-term monogamous relationships between same-sex couples, we need to understand it. the bible says as much about gay marriage as it does about the internet. we are living in a different time. our church is a witness to couples in love with each other and witnessing in their faith. one of the things we say in the wedding ceremony in the united methodist liturgy is the couple creates a new ministry for the church. our congregation has been blessed by the witness of gay and lesbian couples in those long-term relationships who have a deep commitment. it's about love. it's not about other things that people want to raise up around issues with scripture. >> all right. so u
when you hear people talk about this debate and they talk about religion and the debate of same-sex marriage, a lot of people knee-jerk reaction is the bible condemns this. the bible condemns this. what do you say to that? >> if you look for scripture, you are not going to find anything about gay marriage. you're going to see scattered passages about homosexuality and we're not arguing that. but because scripture is silent on long-term monogamous relationships between same-sex couples, we...
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supporting the segment of population who are secular in their outlook, who believe that the separation of religion from the state is the salvation of the country, that is the natural ally of the united states, not the islamic side. i think there should be more support for the politics of secularism in iraq. it would not be wrong. in fact, i would say and be necessary and highly desirable for the americans to support their natural allies, which i happen to believe represent the future of iraq and i myself am part of, at a personal level. so, there is this conflict, and this conflict is not resolved on the boards. the outcome of this will depend on how much the united states is willing to put into the right factors to get iraq moving in the right direction. if they fail, it will be very unfortunate, but the people who will pay the price will be the people of iraq and american interests in the region. >> very quickly, the european perspective on the u.s.-iraq relationship, emma. >> i think many people looking at that relationship feel that the u.s. wants to forget about iraq, start looking at it thro
supporting the segment of population who are secular in their outlook, who believe that the separation of religion from the state is the salvation of the country, that is the natural ally of the united states, not the islamic side. i think there should be more support for the politics of secularism in iraq. it would not be wrong. in fact, i would say and be necessary and highly desirable for the americans to support their natural allies, which i happen to believe represent the future of iraq...
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because part of what makes us a super power because we have people from every walks of life and every religion and if they are willing to work hard they can success. that has to be more consistently spoken about. not just with respect to the syria situation but the moment of promise and danger in the rab world in north africa. >> thank you, mr. president. you mentioned the aftermath of the assad regime. there's a lot of concern that the upheaval is creating extremism. how concerned are you that extremist could take over in syria and, perhaps worse than assad? i was hoping you could give us an insight on how you brokered the call to netanyahu. and you have offered asylum that he rejected and does that offer still stand? thank you. > well, i'm very concerned about syria becoming a place for extremists because extremists thrive in chaos. they thrive in failed states nd in power vacuums. they don't have much to offer when it comes to building things but they are good about xploiting situations that, you know, are no longer functional. they fill that gap. that's why, i think it is so important for
because part of what makes us a super power because we have people from every walks of life and every religion and if they are willing to work hard they can success. that has to be more consistently spoken about. not just with respect to the syria situation but the moment of promise and danger in the rab world in north africa. >> thank you, mr. president. you mentioned the aftermath of the assad regime. there's a lot of concern that the upheaval is creating extremism. how concerned are...
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nothing to do with religion and so that's where we have the fundamental disagreement. >> which may be part of the problem. i think everybody should be able to be married civilly perhaps, but only some then have a religious ceremony. >> we'll take that. that's all we want. >> religious has a connotation. that's the distinction. >> if the catholic church says they support full civil rights, equal rights for same-sex partners, but they don't want it called marriage in the church, we'd take it. that would be fantastic. >> does it seem like that is exactly what he was doing? >> he hasn't said that publicly. perhaps said it privately. >> in the bishops conference meeting, he said it. >> it's a different prism that they are doing everything through. the prism through the archbishop of buenos aires is different than pope. >> and smaller group of people than the 1.2 billion throughout the world. >> i think we ultimately believe in separation of church and state and equal rights. i don't want a religious leader denying rights to people. >> i don't want to suggest that somehow i'm negative on it
nothing to do with religion and so that's where we have the fundamental disagreement. >> which may be part of the problem. i think everybody should be able to be married civilly perhaps, but only some then have a religious ceremony. >> we'll take that. that's all we want. >> religious has a connotation. that's the distinction. >> if the catholic church says they support full civil rights, equal rights for same-sex partners, but they don't want it called marriage in the...
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"it is not surprising that their bitter and cling to guns and religion." we grant them power. we protect them. they do not make us free. as long as we have the second amendment, we always will be. ourre america and politicians are only as powerful as we the people will allow. the latest from the nra, again focusing on guns, background checks. a look at guns and video games in our country. of course, front and center, following what happened in newtown, conn. last december. the hearst newspaper focusing on all of these issues, this writing -- chronicle," exploring one aspect of our culture, the prevalence of violence in our media. read some of the opinions available online. a lot of people weighing in on all of this. brian joins us from sterling heights, michigan. morning. caller: how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: excellent. video games, as long as a , let thes a scapegoat parents raise the kids. back in the 1980's and 1990's anytime someone killed someone they blamed metal music. it is the same thing here. someone was out, they start shooting at people -- people play
"it is not surprising that their bitter and cling to guns and religion." we grant them power. we protect them. they do not make us free. as long as we have the second amendment, we always will be. ourre america and politicians are only as powerful as we the people will allow. the latest from the nra, again focusing on guns, background checks. a look at guns and video games in our country. of course, front and center, following what happened in newtown, conn. last december. the hearst...
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host: did iraqis come to you to talk about religion at all? guest: we would treat them -- that's another thing. -- re portrayed as just about oil and about greed, i take great exception to that. i believe it does a disservice to those men and women who went and volunteered to go, especially in our medical facilities. at one time, we were treating one of our wounded service members and the person who wounded him. and our folks gave the treatment that they were supposed to give. if anybody else in the world wants to throw stones at us in america, they can go right ahead, but i will point to those kinds of examples to show why we are the freest, greatest country in the world. when we go in -- we left. we did not take a part of iraq. we did not say this is going to be our little piece of ground did we did what we needed to do, and now we are gone -- of ground. andid what we needed to do now we are gone. we are out. iraq is a sovereign country. america, that is who we are. i think that needs to be communicated. host: clint in texas. a democratic ca
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our religion correspondent lauren green in rome for us this morning. lauren, people of the faith are very well familiar with this process. >> absolutely. i want to clarify something, that pope francis is not offering communion to the masses but only to the deacons there. estimates say that about 150,000 people in st. peter's square, that column-lined street leading to the vatican. there are priests going to the crowd that will venture communion to the people, to anybody who wants it. nobody will be turned away. those yellow and white umbrellas, those are indications to the people in the crowd that communion is being served and they should head to one of those umbrellas if they want to be served. we're not quite sure how long the communion will last. but everybody will be served. and everybody who wants to partake of the meal can. >> father murray, father gerald murray from holy family church in new york with us this morning as well. the body of christ, the bread of heaven and catholics believe that there's a transformation that happens here. >> yes. it
our religion correspondent lauren green in rome for us this morning. lauren, people of the faith are very well familiar with this process. >> absolutely. i want to clarify something, that pope francis is not offering communion to the masses but only to the deacons there. estimates say that about 150,000 people in st. peter's square, that column-lined street leading to the vatican. there are priests going to the crowd that will venture communion to the people, to anybody who wants it....
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it's a cross section of race, religion, color, age, you know, from a 20-year-old to a 70-year-old. and everybody needs that truck. and it's such a -- you know, it's a metaphor for the american dream and survival of the fittest. it starts out absurd because you're like what's the sport, you go like this. but, you know, 16 hours into it, you just desperately want everyone to win that truck. >> so i was asking how you came up with this idea. you're like straight out of broadway. you're not straight out of broadway. how did this happen? how did you guys come together? >> we met through a mutual friend and started writing songs, just songs. >> oh, really? >> we actually live three blocks away from each other. >> oh, okay. that will do it. >> and we were having a great time writing songs and amanda asked me to join the team, the hardbody team and so off we went. >> what's it been like? >> it's been thrilling. >> i mean the difference especially from being in a band to now doing this? >> very different. well, it's been a roller coaster ride. it's a gigantic team of people working together
it's a cross section of race, religion, color, age, you know, from a 20-year-old to a 70-year-old. and everybody needs that truck. and it's such a -- you know, it's a metaphor for the american dream and survival of the fittest. it starts out absurd because you're like what's the sport, you go like this. but, you know, 16 hours into it, you just desperately want everyone to win that truck. >> so i was asking how you came up with this idea. you're like straight out of broadway. you're not...